The protocol below leads a team to begin by thinking of questions about student achievement. Participants begin with the statements: I assume…., I predict …., I wonder …., There is also a very good article from ASCD, “Answering Questions That Count” December 2008/January 2009, pages 18-24.
State of Schools Report Note that the most recent year is linked at the top left.
Data Driven Dialogue or Protocol
The protocol below leads a team to begin by thinking of questions about student achievement. Participants begin with the statements: I assume…., I predict …., I wonder …., There is also a very good article from ASCD, “Answering Questions That Count” December 2008/January 2009, pages 18-24.ASCD article http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/dec08/vol66/num04/Answering_the_Questions_That_Count.aspx
Answering the Questions That Count.pdf Summary of main points from article.
Data Driven Protocol from National School Reform Faculty
http://www.nsrfharmony.org/protocol/reflective_dialogue.html select "Data Driven Protocol"
Or go to http://www.nsrfharmony.org/protocol/learning_texts.html and search for data.